TY - JOUR
T1 - RIN transfer in 2nd-order distributed amplification with ultralong fiber lasers
AU - Alcón-Camas, Mercedes
AU - Añia-Castanón, Juan Diego
PY - 2010/11/8
Y1 - 2010/11/8
N2 - We investigate numerically the effect of ultralong Raman laser fiber amplifier design parameters, such as span length, pumping distribution and grating reflectivity, on the RIN transfer from the pump to the transmitted signal. Comparison is provided to the performance of traditional second-order Raman amplified schemes, showing a relative performance penalty for ultralong laser systems that gets smaller as span length increases. We show that careful choice of system parameters can be used to partially offset such penalty.
AB - We investigate numerically the effect of ultralong Raman laser fiber amplifier design parameters, such as span length, pumping distribution and grating reflectivity, on the RIN transfer from the pump to the transmitted signal. Comparison is provided to the performance of traditional second-order Raman amplified schemes, showing a relative performance penalty for ultralong laser systems that gets smaller as span length increases. We show that careful choice of system parameters can be used to partially offset such penalty.
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U2 - 10.1364/OE.18.023569
DO - 10.1364/OE.18.023569
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:78149455203
SN - 1094-4087
VL - 18
SP - 23569
EP - 23575
JO - Optics Express
JF - Optics Express
IS - 23
ER -